Description

ST 46 NE BROCKLEY

6/45 Brockley Court

G.V II

Large manor or court house, now home for the elderly. Mid-late C17; altered C18 and C19. Rendered; slate roof behind coped parapet; ashlar stacks. T-plan, gabled manor house, with a wing to the north. 2 storeys and attics in 4 steep, coped gables with ball finials. 7 bays: mixture of glazing bar sash windows in moulded architraves; two cross windows to left; all under continuous string course on the ground and first floor; in the gables are oval windows in square surrounds and under dripmoulds. Gabled, projecting porch off-centre to left; ovolo and ogee moulded outer doorway; sundial above; panelled inner door with elaborate strap hinges, in a moulded surround. The rear (north) wing has 3 gables; four 2- and 3-light cross windows with reserved chamfers, all under dripmoulds. Interior. Ground floor room to west has stop-chamfers, all under dripmoulds. Interior. Ground floor room to west has stop-chamfered beams and a stone fireplace with an ogee and hollow moulding, panelled frieze of circles and ovals formerly with affixed plates, moulded mantelshelf. The ground floor right (east room has moulded raised panels and a fireplace flanked by tall Ionic pilasters; inset marquetry panel over the fireplace. Ground floor of rear-wing: panelled room with an elaborately detailed baroque style fireplace. First floor (right) east room is also panelled with an arcaded screen.

Listing NGR: ST4659567009

External Links

• Wikidata Q26598729

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)